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Advisory · Water quality · Los Angeles County

Yellow flag: bacteria advisory Higher than normal bacteria at Leo Carillo State Beach, Nicholas Canyon County Beach, Topanga County Beach, and 38 more beaches

Published for Oct 22 · Until Oct 30, 6:12 AM

Los Angeles County health officials have posted a bacteria advisory at Leo Carillo State Beach, Nicholas Canyon County Beach, Topanga County Beach, and 38 more beaches, where bacteria levels in the water are higher than normal. Counties post an advisory when water samples test above state health standards, or when runoff is likely to push them there. Swimming, surfing, or diving there raises the risk of getting sick, and the advisory stays in place until the county lifts it.

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From Nautical Nick dataSource: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Hazard: State of emergency: California is bracing for a record El Niño winter

Community posts · Los Angeles County

1 post in the last 60 days

Wednesday, September 9th

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MalibuShark sighting
Observed Sep 9 · Posted Sep 16 at 2:23 PM

A whale shark was spotted off of Malibu by @ryderdevoe on Instagram. It was far offshore, between Malibu and Santa Barbara Island. This El Niño is bringing all kinds of strange tropical sea creatures to SoCal!

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